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Resist Pressure
to use Tobacco
Statement of Objective
 Identify the potential impact of
Tobacco use on all aspects of
a young person’s life.
 Group activity to encourage
people not to use tobacco
products
 Tobacco is a plant that
contains Nicotine.
 Nicotine is an addictive
stimulant drug.
 More people die each year
from smoking-related causes
than die from:
 Motor vehicle accidents
 Drugs
 STD’s
 Homicides
 COMBINED!!!
Items that contain
Nicotine
 Cigarettes Cigarette Smoke
 Cigars
Cigar Smoke
 Chewing tobacco
 Snuff
 Smoking a pipe
YUCK
 Teens who smoke have
bad breath, yellow teeth
and yellow fingernails.
They have runny noses,
scratchy throats and dull
skin & hair. Their clothes
and hair smell like smoke
 The U.S. states with the
highest percentage of
smokers are:

Kentucky (28.7%),
Indiana (27.3%),
Tennessee (26.8%),
 The U.S. states with the
lowest percentage of smokers
are:
Utah (11.5%)
California (15.2%)
Connecticut (16.5%)
 The N.C. cities with the highest
percentage of smokers are:
 Greensboro, N.C. 28.3%
 Wilmington, N.C. 26.5%
 Hickory, N.C. 25.9%
 The U.S. cities with the highest
percentage of smokers are:
 1. Huntington, W.Va. 34.4%
 2. Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn. 30.5%
 3.Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. 28.8%
Smokers(Race)
 White
 Black
 Hispanic
 Asian/Pacific Islander
17.4%
19.1%
14.1%
8.1%
 American Indian/Alaska Native 32.8%
 Other
21.2%
Smokers(Race) in NC
 White
19.8%
 Black
21.6%
 Hispanic
 Asian/Pacific Islander
 American Indian/Alaska Native
 Other
Question 1
 What NC city was the
Cigarettes called Marlboro
manufactured?
 Concord
Question 2
 What NC city was the
Cigarettes called Salem's
manufactured?
 Winston-Salem
Cigars
 1 cigar contains more
nicotine & 15 times as
much tobacco as 1
cigarette.
Secondhand Smoke
 Secondhand smoke is smoke
that a person exhales while
smoking.
 Side stream smoke is smoke
that is given off by burning
cigarettes, pipes or cigars
Ways to Avoid Breathing
Secondhand Smoke
 1 Avoid being around people who
are smoking.
 2. Ask people who are around
you to stop smoking.
 3. Select restaurants and other
places that have non-smoking
policies
Shocking Tobacco Facts
 Approximately 10 million
cigarettes are purchased a
minute
Shocking Tobacco Facts
 15 billion cigarettes are
sold each day
 5 trillion cigarettes are
produced and used on an
annual basis
 In most countries around the
world, the legal age for the
purchase of tobacco products
is now 18, raised from 16,
 In Japan the age minimum is
20 years old.
Video
 List reason why Eddie says
that smoking is cool
 List reasons why the other
teenagers say that you
should not smoke.